Metallic bedstead.



UNITED CHARLES .'NaT-ZFIL, or cuando, ILLIN ois.

METALLrc Bnns'rnn.

spciaca'qion of Letters ratent.

Patented oct. '27, 190s.

Application filed March 2,' 19l 3. Serial No; 418,862.

To all whom'. it mag/concern:

-Beit known that I, CHARLES citizen of the UnitedfStates residing at Chlcago, inftlie'county of Cook'and State ,of Illinois,--have invented anewjaand useful Improvement in .Metallic Bedsteads, of. which thefollowin'g isa specification,

l The object of my invention`is Ato substi tute v for the fixed side ba'r 'sockets on the corner posts,and 'for the ordinary side bars in usegpivotal jaws attachable tothe corner 'posts and reversibleside and'eid bars Where Fig. 2 isa' vertical section on the line 2-2. Fig. l. :Fi 3 is a vertical section von the 'drawings in which by th'e several parts Vmaybe :more cheaply inade,..more easily connected-and better adjusted-tosupport the movahle parts on which the springer 'mattress 'is placed.A

The manner in which If'accomplish my 'object'is describedin the following specification and illustratedl inl the accompanying Figure 1 is acorner perspective elevation.`

sanie line, lt e position ofthe. side bar being thereverseof 'that shown in'Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on'the line 4-4 Eig. 1 Fig.- jis 'a perspective ofthe small part of the jaw disconnected. Fig.- 6 is a perspec-` tive of thelfrnain part of-the jaw, ,the side these posts, I provi bar not being shown.

' In the drawings A -s one ofthe Vfo-iircor-` ner posts whieh'together with the rails af? ixed thereto 'form the head and foot p'arts of the beds'teads.;A In, place of the side rail.4

'sockets ,whichv are (permanently aixed'- to two parts shown separately in Fi s. 5 and 46. The main part -of the jaw-is in icated as a wholerby the letter C, and each part hasy ajcylindrical portion 1),- which when thefj aw is Aclosed is' ada" ted to-encircle thezpost A. In'the center 'o each of the portions Dis a projection, Dl'adapted to. enter a correspond-.- 'ing .depression in thepostas shownin- Fig.

4, and' thus to fix the position of the jaw on the `post loot-h vertically and horizontally.

.In thebody C is' an apertureF shown -in perspective Ainj Fig. 6.- :Entering this aperture from the opposite "side are channels" X f adapted to admit the end of an angle bar a's hereinafter described, extendin "through this a ertureF is a key way G. lnthe butt end of thepart Care two lon itudinal parallel Achannels I. The face of .of the portion K between thechannels I, is 'de NETZEL, a

l eajawlindicated asa whole bythe letter B'. Y This jaw consists of pressed below the margin Lof the channels I.: Projecting' from the-face J is a lug M having a keyway N. The other part. or' the jaw indicated als a whole vbyv theA letter has Ei'nthe part C, and is-also provided with a lugQ and a key Way therein said lug being.

4adapted to enter the aperture-F, and' the key 4v'vayR, to register With the' key way G in .the

'nected with the jaws is an angle bar W, corresponding in sizel and shape with'the side bars T, the ends of thesebars are provided with apertures adapted to register with the keyway G in the 4main part C of the jaiv,

as shown in 'section in Fig. 4. I -heu the end of the bar is. inserted in' the channels X, extend-ingV into the aperture F and Vthese bars are secured by the key S which locks the ,jaws together. The v reversal of'4 these ,crossibars end for end change the angular position asvdescribed and illustrated A1n the side bars sothe angle can be adjusted to correspond with either oftheJ positions shoivn in section in Figs. 2`and 3.

4What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

each corner-post thereof; of a jaw adapted to grip said ost .and toY support'end and side bars, said) bersfone having a recessed lug., an aperture interseeted by akeyway, channels adapted to receive the ends' of cross bars, parallel channels adapted to receive the ends of side 1. In. a bedstead, the' combination Wit-lijaw consisting of t\v o inem- -ioe bars, a lug having av keyway located between said channelsthe other member having a lip insertible in said vrecessed lug, and a lug insertible i n said aperture, said ,lug having "a keyway adapted to register with said in' tersecting keyway, a pair of cross bars supported in said j awssecur'ed thereto by a key 'insertible in said intersecting keyway, and

a pair ofsde bars supported in said parallel channels and4 secured 'therein by a key insertible in said keyway in said lug between said channels, said cross and-'side bars'hav ing apertures adapted toadiiiit therethrough said key, and keyway lug whereby Said bars are made reversible as described.

In a bedstead of the kind described, the combination with each of the corner posts tliereof; of an attaehable and detachable jaw, each of said jaws consisting of two members, adapted to be joined and locked together on the post by a key 'insertible in said members, each of said jaws having` lon- `,ftiidinal and transverse channels adapted for the insertion and support therein of an angular Cross bar and a side bar, said cross i liar being` locked to said Jaw by a keyv adapted to lock said jaw together on said post, and said side bar being' loeked to said Jaw by a key msertlble in said Jaw as described.

25. metallic bedstead jaw consisting of tivo members, said members liavinga verti- -either end of a perforated angular eross bar, l and parallel longitudinal channels adapted for the insertion and support therein of either end of a perforated'side bar and a i keyway lug intermediate of said channels,

a key insertible, vertical in said members and cross bar thereby locking said members and cross bai' together, anda key msertlble in said '111,93l thereby loekmg` said member and said side bar. v A

CHARLES NETZEL. W it-nesses THOMAS J. MORGAN, Josiarn STAUB. 

